410 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
recent years has come through microscopic investigation and the 
same source still continues to be prolific in the profoundest of 
discoveries. 
Mémoires sur ors Terrains ae et Tertiaires preparés par feu ANDRE 
DuMONT, sad servir 4 la description de la Carte Géologique de la Belgique. 
edités par ICHEL ‘Mo URLON, “Co teamhestns au Museé d’Hist. Nat. Tome 
Terrrains teseaiven: Premiare Patrie. 440 pp., 8vo. Bruxelles, 1878. 
OBITUA 
Tuomas Bett.—Mr. Thomas Bet, ¥ .G.S., of London, England, 
died in Sse City, Missouri, on Saturday, September 28. Mr. 
Belt een for some time ‘past actively at work in Colorado, 
t e American Association at the St. Louis meeting, 
subject of the above-named skull, but did not complete his study 
mn ritten many valuable papers on geolog 
e Naturalist in Nicaragua,” continued the result of his obser- 
vations of over two years in that country. One of his papers is 
on the retrocession of Niagara Falls. 
bout two weeks previous to his death he had shown signs of 
insanity, and it was thought best to remove him to New York. 
Mr. Silas Lloyd, Dea had been fora short time associated with 
him, accompanied him. Just before arriving at Kansas City, Mr. 
Lloyd had occasion to leave him for a few minutes. On returning, 
he found the door locked. Mr. Belt refused to let him in, an 
ommenced a furious onslau et heron re and car. Parties 
an 
G. C, BROADHEAD. 
Dr. E. v. Asten; M. E. QuereLer; THomas Garam. —Astron- 
omy has recently lost several able men by death, One of these 
was Dr. E. von Asten, who was attached to the Pulkowa Obser- 
vatory, and who has carried on the discussion of the observations 
d 
M. E. Quetelet on ‘the 6th of Sept 
e was assistant at the Brussels Observatory for more than 
twenty years, the ition of which practically fell on him. One 
of his many important contributions A science was on the proper 
motions of certain stars. Mr. Thomas Grubb, the maker of the 
large Melbourne reflector, and of numerous other large reflectors 
sad refractors, died Sept. ‘19, in the 78th year of his age. 
Dr. Aveust Herricn Prrerman.—Dr. A. H. PererM mann te 
learned geographer, and editor or the “ Mittheilungen,” died 
Gotha, Germany, on the 27th of September, at the age of fifty-s ais 
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